Ted Cruz: Yes, Mitch McConnell Lied To Me And I Don’t Regret Saying It

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas listens as he is introduced to speak at the Republican Jewish Coalition Presidential Forum in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is standing by his declaration last summer that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was a liar.

In an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd to be aired in full on MSNBC Thursday evening, Cruz told Todd that “every word I said there was true and accurate.”

The interview was taped as part of a town hall meeting and the clip played Thursday on MSNBC.

In the interview, Todd asks Cruz if he “regrets” calling McConnell a liar from the Senate floor.

“You know Washington is an amazing place,” Cruz said. “When somebody stands up and lies to you and someone else points out that they lied …”

Todd interrupts him.

“He lied to you?”

“Every word I said there was true and accurate,” Cruz says. “The reaction in the Senate is, ‘How dare you say that out loud?’ They’re not upset that somebody lied to them. I mean, that’s the amazing thing.”

The audience laughs.

The interview comes just as Cruz is working on Capitol Hill to gain support from colleagues and has been struggling to find traction after alienating many of them during his time in Washington. An apology to McConnell could have gone a long way to helping Cruz mend fences, but it looks like Cruz is committed to going it alone.

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  1. I’m glad I’m not an R.

    Too much petty drama these days.

  2. I’m sure this ‘interview’ will have Senators just rallying to his side…

  3. True. But… aaaahhhh… the sweet, sweet nectar of schadenfreude…

    It’s also kind of funny how stuff like this nowadays really does give me an urge to eat popcorn. :grin:

  4. It’s almost hard to believe that his colleagues in the Senate aren’t lining up to support him…

  5. The problem of a pathological liar: He can’t believe that anyone tells the truth.

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